found on bosselind.com

Swedish photographer Bo Lind´s fantastic scenery of the Stockholm archipelago

Mix together a beautiful European-like city with attractive residents (call themporteños), gourmet cuisine, awesome shopping, a frenzied nightlife and top-drawer activities, and you get Buenos Aires, a cosmopolitan metropolis with both slick neighborhoods and equally downtrodden areas – but that’s part of the appeal. It’s an elegant, seductive place with a ragged edge, laced with old-world languor and yet full of contemporary attitude. BA is somehow strangely familiar, but unlike any other city in the world.

Planetario de Buenos Aires, BA-Palermo

The Giant Robot of Buenos Aires

In between cutting-edge designer boutiques, ritzy neighborhoods and grand parks are unkempt streets full of spewing buses and bustling fervor. Seek out classic BA: the old-world cafés, colonial architecture, fun outdoor markets and diverse communities. Rub shoulders with the formerly rich and famous in Recoleta’s cemetery, making sure to sidestep the ubiquitous dog piles on the sidewalks. Fill your belly at aparrilla (steak restaurant), then spend the night partying away in Palermo Viejo’s trendiest dance club.

found on lonelyplanet.com

Buenos Aires – Capital Federal, Argentina. A supercity by the ocean

The perfect South Beach pied-a-terre for entertaining, relaxing, or retreating in the most stylish manner. This luxuriously livable residence features a generous indoor/outdoor lounge with floor-to-ceiling glass doors to a deep, sun-drenched terrace; a separate sleeping area with king-size bed; massive imported Cippolino marble-clad bath and oversize multi-jet shower; entertaining kitchen; and dressing gallery with rich custom Zebrano wood wardrobes.

Asking prize? 634 200 USD.

found on esny.se

2201 COLLINS AVENUE – South Beach, Miami

Ocean Inspire photographer and kitesurfer Jesper Anhede among with Swedens best kitesurfers is in Boracay, Phillipines taking kickass photos and filming. Boracay is considered to be one of the top five best spots in the world for kitesurfing.

Next photo and film adventure goes to Pemba, a small island betwen Kenya and Zanzibar. Stay tuned.

photography by Jesper Anhede

found on digitalfoto.nu

Kitesurf Boracay, Phillipines

Stylish design and modern colours are the DNA of scandinavian watch makers Triwa. For their new model “Nevil” the label cooperated with Swedish tannery Tärnsjö that’s known for their sustainable production. Both companies used their longtime experience and respective skills to create this casual yet elegant watch. While Triwa was in charge of the design and colours, Tärnsjö produced the ecologically processed leather for the wristlet. “Nevil” is available in a limited edition of 800 pieces.

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Triwa Nevil a modern heritage..

A surfer walks out of the ocean as the final sunset of 2010 takes place on New Year’s Eve over Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California on December 31, 2010. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

The world has already begun to welcome 2011, as the New Year has been entered by people living on some Pacific islands, Australia and Asia. As the Earth revolves today, bringing the rest of us into the year 2011, I’ll be updating this entry, to show people all over as they ready themselves, celebrate and welcome the New Year. 2011 will be observed as the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac, a year with attributes of gentleness, persistence and luck. Happy New Year everyone!

Fireworks explode over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
The New Year is greeted by a fireworks display on the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington on Saturday Jan. 1, 2011. (AP Photo / The Seattle Times, Jim Bates)

Revelers pack Waikiki Beach to watch a fireworks display during New Year celebrations in Hawaii on January 1, 2011. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Hardy Dutch swimmers brave the icy North Sea on January 1, 2011 in Scheveningen, Netherlands. An estimated record number of more than 10,000 participants took part in this year’s traditional New Year’s dive. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

Fireworks explode over Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, celebrating the new year in Dubai January 1, 2011. (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)

found on boston.com

A new year rolls in…

San Francisco, USA (1 January 2010) – Competition for oldest trophy in international sport once again returns to American waters

San Francisco has been selected as the host venue for the 34th America’s Cup. An official celebration event will be hosted in San Francisco on January 5th, event location details to be announced.
“We sought a venue that fulfills our promise – to showcase the best sailors in the world competing on the fastest boats,” said Richard Worth, Chairman, America’s Cup Event Authority. ”And hosting the America’s Cup in San Francisco will realize that promise.”
“We thank Mayor Newsom, Board President Chiu, Supervisor Mirkarimi and all of the Board of Supervisors, the staff at City Hall and the Port Authority, Mark Buell and San Francisco America’s Cup Organizing Committee, and all who have worked so diligently on securing the bid,” Worth continued. “We look forward to working closely with City of San Francisco over the coming months to create a world-class America’s Cup event, and a large and lasting beneficial impact on the City.”

The world-famous San Francisco Bay will be home to the 2013 America’s Cup Finals and the Challenger Selection Series for the Louis Vuitton Cup, as well as an America’s Cup World Series event in 2012. This will be the first time the America’s Cup has been hosted in the United States since 1995.
“Today is one of great celebration, with San Francisco winning the right to host the America’s Cup, and all of the economic benefit, jobs and excitement that comes with it,” said Mayor Gavin Newsom. “San Francisco is the best place on Earth to host an event of this stature, and we could not be more proud to be the city that brings the America’s Cup back home to the United States.”
Independent studies show that the America’s Cup delivers the third largest economic impact in sport to host countries, behind the Olympic Games and soccer’s World Cup. The 34th America’s Cup is projected to pump an estimated $1.4 billion dollars into the San Francisco region.

“As a native San Franciscan, I grew up sailing in front of the City. Racing for the America’s Cup in San Francisco is something I have dreamt of my whole life,” said Paul Cayard, CEO of Sweden’s Artemis Racing, a challenger for the 34th America’s Cup. ”By hosting sailing’s most important event in the Bay, the world will see sailing as it never has before. As a team, Artemis Racing is particularly looking forward to competing in San Francisco.”
Racing will be held on the iconic San Francisco Cityfront and be visible from world-renown tourist destinations such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Marin Headlands, Crissy Field, the Embarcadero and Fisherman’s Wharf. An influx of millions of tourists is expected for the Challenger Series for the Louis Vuitton Cup and the America’s Cup Finals in late 2013.
“My support for San Francisco hosting the America’s Cup goes beyond the opportunity to see our team competing on home waters,” said Russell Coutts, CEO, ORACLE Racing, the current America’s Cup defending team. “We are excited to sail for our sport’s greatest trophy, on a stretch of water legendary among sailors worldwide.”
The Race Village will be constructed on Piers 19 and 29, with the team bases at and around Pier 30/32. As part of the plan, the America’s Cup Event Authority will redevelop these piers as well as the surrounding infrastructure to support the racing, while rehabilitating the piers for the enjoyment of generations of San Franciscans to come.

With a goal of creating the most dynamic America’s Cup in history for fans and participants, changes have been introduced to the 34th edition. Enhancements include the introduction of groundbreaking new 72′ wing-sailed catamarans capable of speeds in excess of 40 miles per hour, new race formats and rules, and a transformed media and online broadcasting approach to enable an interactive viewer experience.

In the summer of 2011, America’s Cup teams will commence racing in the new America’s Cup World Series in the new wing-sailed AC45 catamaran. The America’s Cup World Series calendar of events will be published in early 2011.

found on artemisracing.com

San Francisco wins right to host 2013 America’s Cup

Frozen lighthouses around the world..

A man dressed as Santa Claus holds a flare as he wakeboards on a small lake in Hamburg, Germany on December 5, 2010. (REUTERS/Christian Charisius).
Donald Boyce, dressed as Santa Claus, does a “shaka” as he shares a wave with a surfer while riding in an outrigger canoe off Waikiki beach in Honolulu, Hawaii in this still image taken from video December 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Outrigger Hotel).

Fireworks explode over a floating Christmas tree as it is lighted for the holiday season in Lagoa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana).

found on boston.com

In many places around the world, it is definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Santas are making appearances from Beijing to Beirut, and the traditions of the season can be seen all over – the trees, the lights, the shoppers, the devout and more.

A place where you can eat, dream and play in peace, influenced only by the natural rhythms of Mother Nature, The Scarlet in Cornwall is an individual retreat for all seasons where we don’t stand on ceremony and guests make themselves at home.

Scarlet is our baby. We dreamt up this hotel to be the place we would most like to be and want to share. Somewhere to escape to for a few days and recharge.

Our hotel would remind us why we cherish our husbands and friends and love their company. It will be somewhere to laugh and enjoy simple pleasures. Where we have time for each other; rarely achieved in our chaos of work, life and family.